Trichodrilus sp.

Dole-Olivier, Marie-José, Galassi, Diana M. P., Fiers, Frank, Malard, Florian, Martin, Patrick, Martin, Dominique & Marmonier, Pierre, 2015, Biodiversity in mountain groundwater: the Mercantour National Park (France) as a European hotspot, Zoosystema 37 (4), pp. 529-550 : 536

Trichodrilus sp.

MATERIAL EXAMINED. — Site 8: 1 immature specimen, fragments; site 9: fragments; site 21: 1 immature specimen, fragments; site 22: fragments; site 25: 1 immature specimen, fragments; site 27: 1 juvenile, fragments; site 28: fragments; site 37: fragments; site 46: fragments. Material deposited at IRScNB, I.G. 32392.

REMARKS

This Trichodrilus material is only represented by immature specimens or fragments and cannot be identified at the species level. Most Trichodrilus species occupy groundwater habitats and have localized distributions. Given the general trend in Trichodrilus for living in groundwater habitats, we consider these undetermined specimens as stygobionts.

Family ENCHYTRAEIDAE Vejdovský, 1879